Alba López-Moraga

Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!

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Split-image with the text “TO BEE or NOT TO BEE.” The left side shows a vibrant wildflower meadow with a bee on a daisy, symbolising biodiversity and a healthy ecosystem. The right side shows a dry, barren landscape with dead trees and no visible wildlife, representing environmental degradation. An EU flag appears in the bottom right corner.

Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝

Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.

Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.

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Thank you 🫶

27.03.2025 17:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@leuvenbrainins.bsky.social
@biopsylbp.bsky.social

#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
#AcademicSky

27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We also investigated persistence of avoidane, darting and more!

Thanks to @lauraluyten.bsky.social and @tombeckers.bsky.social for their support and supervision and our funders: #FWOVlaanderen and #KULeuven

27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats OSF project from the publication "Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats " https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-94265-x Hosted on the Open Science Fra...

Additionally, we shared an open-source automated pipeline using @deeplabcut.bsky.social and SimBA to score defensive behaviors such as avoidance, freezing and darting! 🖥️ 🐁You can find the scripts and a short tutorial here: osf.io/ncb8j/

27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When comparing male and female rats in one experiment:
✅ No robust sex differences in avoidance nor generalization
🚨 Only subtle differences in extinction.

27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We tweaked the platform-mediated avoidance task to include a generalization phase between avoidance acquisition and extinction. The generalization phase consisted of introducing two new tones of differeent frequencies 🎶

27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats Scientific Reports - Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

🚨Paper alert!!🚨

Excited to share out latest research where we investigated avoidance, fear generalization and extinction learning using a modified platform-mediated avoidance procedure in male and female rats.

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27.03.2025 11:02 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 2

If you are interested in dopamine and avoidance, check this out ⬇️

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